30K Mechanicum jet pack Magos

Went with "Kingdom of God" style faceplate

Newest Mechanicum Magos with Jet Pack and Chainfist.  He should sure up some weaknesses with a Thallax Cohort squad. 

Heresy Era Jump pack and Haywire Staff

Mechanicum HQ: Thin Man of Mars

Getting kicked back into high gear with some modeling and painting of the Mechanicum.  I really like these guys and if you are a fan of 40k, you will love 30k.  It seems more level even though points are way more and everything seems to be strength 10 AP2.  And Now the Thin Man of Mars !!!

Haters gonna hate!!!

 Mister Sinister or the Mechanicum Version of the Thin Man.  I did a Thallax head to tie him into the theme.  Grav weapon and Volkite round him out.  The claw goes as a powerfist usually.

Next is the uber bad ass Krios Venator Tank.  It's a WIP, but almost there. I really love this guy as he is so good at killing armor.  4 shots, ordnance, Str9 AP2!!!!  oh and BS-5.  It does look like a 80's decade bass cannon so I dub the " Crankenstien!!"

Castellax Cohort

What can I say about these guys.  They are awesome as models and rules.

Cyber Occulus escorts

I borrowed these from Warmachine.  They make a great Cyber Occulus, easy to paint , but you'll want to pin them as they are metal.

Servo-automata with flamer

These guys I made with bits and figs from other game systems .  I like how they are turning out and give the mechanicum the creepy vibe they deserve.  This is one of 3 different types I modeled ( melta, servo-arm, and flamer)

Tech-Thrall

Last but not least is my Tech-thrall.  I know this isn't the Forgeworld model, but it fits the bill for me and they are soo much cheaper.  WarGames Factory BTW.  I may add some green stuff cables etc at some point, but 84 of them is a ton of Green stuffing .

More Machine Cult, More Better

So for better or worse I'm still putting together and painting the Mechanicum.  I truly love the Horus Heresy better than reg 40k.  As OP as the 30k rules sound with primarchs etc, they always seem to balance out with the 2 armies.  I know this is due to the fact that everyone is a space marine and allies are pretty much all bros ( very balanced in gear and powers ).


All these are WIP and finshed pics will follow ( I just forgot to take the final pics )

Up first is the core of the Mechanicum fighting force. The Thallax Cohort.  Think of him as a Mechanicum crisis suit.  I love these guys and with jet packs and objective secured I have 4 squads waiting to pounce.  ( these are done I just forgot to take some more pics )

Next is the Tech priest or adhoc Tech Adept, Castellax, and my tech thralls. The Tech Adepts are awesome and If you take the Macrotech ability for your Magos you get these guys as a troop ( and they can take 8 servitors for cheap!!! ). The model is from Hitech and after some conversion he looks pretty good.  Castellax are the bees knees as well.

Here is the Thallax Knight WIP. The Vallejo metallic bronze is super awesome to apply and be aware it is thinned with alcohol.  It also dries super fast so do not go back and touch up. Work from one side and move to the other. Touch ups after it has set and dried 100%. 

That's all for now.  

Mechcanicum Thallax Cohort Knight Titan

When I saw Knight Titan I was like why can't Tyranids have one ( not a knight , but an equivalent ) !!!  So after waiting and waiting I added one to an army that fit the fluff way more that Eldar having a knight Titan etc.  I give you the Thallax Cohort Knight Titan.

He's been done for about a month now, but again I'm just getting around to posting the pic.  I went with the smooth face plate similar to what the Thallax have.  It give him that creepy indifference that cares not for hero or victim LOL, OK that was lame .  I'll try to get a few more pics up later to highlight the color. ( not a great pic here )

So here is the main transport so far (until FW released the dedicated transport ) for the mechanicum.  The Land Raider Achilles.  Well maybe not the Achilles variant, but the heresy land raiders did not have assault ramps, or a front turret.  Also the melta-gun option is available, as are a few other nasty things.  One of the add on's is a flare shield ( seen on the top as the blue looking globe thing ). I magnetized the melta-guns so I could run other options in the future.  This is a older pic and some additional details have been put on the model, but you can get the jist of what is there.